Vasudhara Adivasi Dairy Cooperative: Model for the Second White Revolution?

Vasudhara Adivasi Dairy Cooperative: Model for the Second White Revolution?

India's White Revolution has made the country the largest milk producer in the world, but this has bypassed the Adivasi heartland of the central Indian plateau. The Vasudhara cooperative, which has organised 1,20,000 mostly Adivasi women from Valsad, Navsari, Dang and Dhule districts into a Rs...

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Published in:Economic and political weekly Vol. 50; no. 7; pp. 15 - 18
Main Authors: SHAH, TUSHAAR, MEHTA, YASHREE, VERMA, SHILP, PATEL, AMIT
Format: Journal Article Magazine Article
Language:English
Published: Mumbai Sameeksha Trust 14-02-2015
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Subjects:
Analysis
Breeding of animals
COMMENTARY
Cooperatives
Cooperatives (Associations)
Dairy industry
Empowerment
Farmers
Milk
Subsidies
Traditions
India
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Summary:India's White Revolution has made the country the largest milk producer in the world, but this has bypassed the Adivasi heartland of the central Indian plateau. The Vasudhara cooperative, which has organised 1,20,000 mostly Adivasi women from Valsad, Navsari, Dang and Dhule districts into a Rs 1,000-crore dairy business, provides a model for India's second White Revolution designed to empower Adivasi women.
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ISSN:0012-9976
2349-8846